Chapter Massimo Quaini, studioso del paesaggio

Landscape represents, for Massimo Quaini’s research activities and publications, a recurrent and growing focus: from early 70’s studies about rural landscapes of Liguria, to Hérodote/Italia, to later writings directly inquiring this concept and relating its fortune to ‘modernity crisis’, calling for grassroots action in order to reactivate local practices and knowledge, essential for developing landscape potentialities as a political project. This essay reflects upon publications and research experiences which contribute to define the specific legacy of Quaini as a landscape scholar, outlining a unique figure in the Italian context

Pianificazione del territorio e archeologia: apprendimenti intervenuti e questioni aperte = Territorial planning and archaeology: lessons learnt and open questions

This paper deals with the relationship between the planning process and the archaeological patrimony on a large scale, in the light of regional legislation and modifications to the statutes of the Soprintendenza dei Beni Culturali e Paesaggio. There are presented some of the experiments in the Veneto region of Wladimir Dorico, and the recent methods adopted in the planning acts in Puglia and Tuscany. In conclusion, there are presented some of the problematic issues of an institutional and methodological nature, on the role of archaeological evaluation on a wider scale in the planning process

La gestione dei siti Unesco: stato dell’arte a livello europeo con riferimento alle politiche e pratiche di pianificazione e programmazione, e alle tendenze di innovazione in atto

Rapporto conclusivo della ricerca condotta nell'ambito Protocollo d’intesa tra l’Università Iuav di Venezia e la Fondazione di Venezia rep. contratti 343-2018 prot. n. 25064 del 1/3/2018 – UGOV FOND_VE_2020_RE

Opening research sites in multicentre clinical trials within the UK: a detailed analysis of delays

While recently imposed targets are reducing the time taken for R&D departments to approve valid applications, the time taken to open UK research sites remains excessive and must be reduced. At present significant public funds are being used inefficiently in order to navigate NHS systems, challenging the resolve of trial teams and the competitiveness of the UK